David Hockney Left a Pioneering and Playful Artistic Legacy
The Yorkshire painter demonstrated the virtues of a maverick spirit, zeal for life, and multidisciplinary creativity.
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DAVID HIROSHI JAGER
New York, New York
David Hiroshi Jager is a Contributor to The New York Sun.
Mr. Jager is an arts and culture writer. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Toronto. He also writes screenplays and rock musicals.
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Leon Kossoff: A Great Painter Who Made London His Calling
Modest and somewhat reclusive, a new Luhring Augustine exhibition makes a compelling case that the figurative artist was one of the best British 20th century painters.
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The Everlasting Baroque ‘Time Warp’ of Broadway’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’
A new revival of the 1973 camp classic solidifies its cultural establishment status as its once-daring transgressive sexuality now feels routine.
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An Unmissable Descent Into the Unique Artistic Labyrinth of Louise Bourgeois
Rather like one of her trademark spiders, Louise Bourgeois’s artistic legacy was compelling and forbidding in equal measure.
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The New Museum, Once a Scrappy Cultural Renegade, Matures Into an Artistic Elder Statesman
The museum reopens with an exhibition that explores technological unrest, but its own future looks assured.
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Thrilling Adaptation of Michael Chabon’s ‘Kavalier and Clay’ Brings Pulitzer-Winning Novel to the Opera Stage
Like the original novel, the opera, opening Sunday, pays homage to the postwar fascination with superheroes that transcend the shortcomings of fate and circumstance.
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Robert Longo’s ‘Weight of Hope,’ Opening on September 11 at Pace Gallery, Proves Both Provocative and Poignant
His choice of subjects, often sourced from journalism, take the candid force of a well-placed camera shot and amplify it to almost hyper dramatic effect.
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Performance Artist EJ Hill, in a Spellbinding and Eerie Feat of Endurance, Melds Prayer With Contemporary Art
The piece requires him to keep perfectly still for eight hours a day while kneeling on a prayer bench, with no allowance for breaks of any kind.
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Yoko Ono’s ‘Dream Together’ Among the Shows Burnishing Berlin’s Status as Global Art Hub
Aside from the blockbusters of note, several galleries this summer are addressing both human figures and the human condition in a pointedly Berlin way.
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Comedian Martin Mull’s Posthumous Collection of Short Stories Is a Labor of Love He Concealed Until His Death
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The items, compiled in a new book marking the institute’s centenary, are intimate, deeply interesting, occasionally appalling, and more than a little melancholy.
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The compulsively readable semi-autobiographical novel features monologues, metaphysical asides, raunchy jokes, and pure hilarious bluster — and none of it is verifiable.
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